verb (used with object)
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at | |
| [C17: from French ressentir, from | |
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Word Origin & History
resent
c.1600, from Fr. ressentir "feel pain, regret," from O.Fr. resentir (13c.), from re-, intensive prefix, + sentir "to feel," from L. sentire (see sense).
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